View From Here: Volunteerism

View From Here: Volunteerism: The state of volunteerism is strong. Healthy. Many people want to make a difference. In the lives of others, or the condition of our soci...

View From Here: Getting Around

View From Here: Getting Around: Around what? Byways and highways, mostly, but also routines and chores. Strange how we have much to do and with all the conveniences we s...

View From Here: Finding the Positive

View From Here: Finding the Positive: It surrounds us daily. The good and the beautiful. Sure, the bad and ugly dwell nearby as well. That’s the yin and yang of life. The good...

View From Here: Hidden Labor Pool

View From Here: Hidden Labor Pool: Although there are hundreds of thousands of jobs available to be filled, employers can’t find people willing to do the jobs. Or are unqua...

View From Here: Let George Do It

View From Here: Let George Do It: I’m a George. All my life I heard two common catchphrases: Georgie Porgie made girls cry! And Let George do it. I’m not sure if any of th...

View From Here: What to do?

View From Here: What to do?: The news covers the nothingness of made up words by a pretend president. I guess they have to do this; this is the job of journalists, to...

View From Here: Remembering

View From Here: Remembering: What does your mind do when dealt a quiet moment? Or in the middle of the night when a coughing fit awakens you, and you have 10 or 15 mi...

View From Here: Programmed Solutions?

View From Here: Programmed Solutions?: Throughout the trump campaign in 2015 and 2016, only problems were spoken of, and of course heaps of blame. Insults were tossed against c...

View From Here: Treason Defined

View From Here: Treason Defined: Mr. tRump claims his campaign was spied on in 2016. That was only the FBI doing what it must do to prove or DISprove allegations of wrong...

View From Here: Abortion Rights?

View From Here: Abortion Rights?: I believe in the rights of a woman to choose what is right for her own body and her life. I believe women have the inalienable right and ...

View From Here: Picking Schoolyard Fights

View From Here: Picking Schoolyard Fights: Like a bully does, schoolyard fights begin small. Taunting. Name calling. Childish. Threatening. Demeaning. It doesn’t take much to ...

View From Here: What Can I do?

View From Here: What Can I do?: This blog spends a lot of time hashing over political happenings and what those mean. I do this because what is happening bothers me. I s...

View From Here: NEXUS Status

View From Here: NEXUS Status: Some readers know a few of us started a monthly discussion group. It meets on the First Tuesday evening of the month. At 6:30 pm. At the ...

View From Here: Governing by Quip

View From Here: Governing by Quip: There’s Twitter, Facebook, Instagram; a whole lot more of social media. Then there are digital newsfeeds, cable news networks, and other ...

View From Here: Jeopardy

View From Here: Jeopardy: Not the game, but national danger. Jeopardy of war with the unworthy. Upset international relationships for the sake of mixing it up. Dip...

View From Here: Skirmishes. Distractions.

View From Here: Skirmishes. Distractions.: I have never observed a President of the United States exercise influence like donald trump. He is constantly in motion. Talking. Tweetin...

View From Here: Law is Process

View From Here: Law is Process: The FBI’s mission is to rout out danger wherever it might be. Tips may suggest wrongdoing in many places; when received those tips are as...

View From Here: Illiberal

View From Here: Illiberal: I’ll try this again. Not sure my previous writings have hit the mark or captured reader attention. What do liberal and illiberal ...

View From Here: Healthy Lives

View From Here: Healthy Lives: Mass shootings. Gang shootings. Drive-by shootings. Family slaughter-suicides. Violence. Domestic violence. Beating kids, spouses, others...

View From Here: Doing the Right Thing

View From Here: Doing the Right Thing: A metal fabricator pushed for higher profit margins. It sold alloys to NASA for a space vehicle and orbiter. They cheated. The vehicle fa...

View From Here: Trust in Democracy?

View From Here: Trust in Democracy?: There are many forms of government rule in the world community. Tribal comes to mind. So too, democracy, monarchy, tyranny, communism, so...

View From Here: Separation of Powers

View From Here: Separation of Powers: The US Constitution delineates three federal legs of government: Legislative, Judicial, Executive. The first leg makes the laws. The seco...